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  2. Education in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Implementation process: May 20, 2008–June 5, 2017 School Grade level Ages Pre-elementary school: Kindergarten: 5-6 or 4-5 and up Basic education; Elementary school: Grade 1: 6-7 or 5-6 and up Grade 2: 7-8 or 6-7 and up Grade 3: 8-9 or 7-8 and up Grade 4: 9-10 or 8-9 and up Grade 5: 10-11 or 9-10 and up Grade 6: 11-12 or 10-11 and up Junior ...

  3. List of loanwords in Tagalog - Wikipedia

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    The Tagalog language and the Filipino language have developed unique vocabulary since the former's inception from its direct Austronesian roots and the latter's inception as the developed and formally adopted common national language or national lingua franca of the Philippines from 1973 to 1987 and onward, incorporating words from Malay, Hokkien, Spanish, Nahuatl, English, Sanskrit, Tamil ...

  4. Philippine literature in English - Wikipedia

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    The first ten years of the century witnessed the first verse and prose efforts of Filipinos in student publications such as The Filipino Students’ Magazine first issue, 1905, a short-lived quarterly published in Berkeley, California, by Filipino pensionados (or government scholars); the U.P. College Folio (first issue, 1910); The Coconut of ...

  5. Politics of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    [5]: 207 The vice president may also serve as Acting President if the president is temporarily incapacitated. [5]: 206 Following in the line of succession are the Senate president and the Speaker of the House. [4] Executive power is exercised through the Cabinet, [5]: 214 who are appointed by the president. While the appointees may wield ...

  6. Philippine units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A number of units of measurement were used in the Philippines to measure various quantities including mass, area, and capacity. The metric system has been compulsory in the country since 1860, during the late Spanish colonial period. [1]

  7. Philippine comics - Wikipedia

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    Filipino language, geography, and culture often merged with American and Japanese influences in various works. [4] While U.S. superheroes typically operate in settings where superhuman abilities arise from innate qualities or are obtained through scientific means and training, the powers of traditional Filipino heroes often stem from faith.

  8. Filipino values - Wikipedia

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    Filipino values are, for the most part, centered at maintaining social harmony, motivated primarily by the desire to be accepted within a group. [ dubious – discuss ] The main sanction against diverging from these values are the concepts of Tagalog : hiya , roughly translated as 'a sense of shame', and ' amor propio ' or 'self-esteem'. [ 4 ]

  9. List of National Cultural Treasures in the Philippines

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    14th–19th century [6] 200 man-made burial caves, 15 of which contain preserved human mummies of the Ibaloi culture known as the Kabayan Mummies: PD 260, s. 1973 [5] 1973: Burial caves Bagulin, La Union: More commonly known as the Kedlap Burial cave. Once a burial site containing wooden coffins of carabao zoomorphic designs: Proclamation no ...